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white, or cream-colour of the lower part of the throat extends in a 

 narrow line across the back of the neck. 



Trochilus flavicaudatus. T. rostro quam caput duplb longiore 

 et arcuato ; caudd mediocri : capitis vertice obscure fusco ; corpore 

 supra) aureo-viridi, corpore subtils ochreo ; gulce plumis punctis 

 aureis et cupreis ; pectoris lateribus maculis aureo-viridibus, or- 

 natis ; crisso pallide ochreo ; rectricibus caudce duabus intermediis 

 aureo-viridibus, reliquis ochreis, apicibus viridibus ; remigibus 

 alarum obscuris, purpureo relucentibus ; rostro nigro ; pedibus su- 

 pra nigrescentibus, subtus pallidis. 



Long. tot. 4 J unc. ; rostri, \± ; alee, 2£ ; caudce, 1|. 



Trochilus melanogenys. T. rostro qualm caput vix longiore ; 

 caudd sub-brevi, rectricibus mediocriter latis, et acutis : capite et 

 corpore supra aureo-viridibus ; corpore subtils ex-ochreo-albo 

 abdominis lateribus rufo lavatis ; genis nigris ; lined flavescenti- 

 albd pone oculos ; plumis gulce singulis notd ad apicem nigrd, 

 notis lineas longitudinales efficientibus ; abdomine, obscure, aureo- 

 viridi guttato ; caudd supra nigrescente, ceneo tinctd, apicem ver- 

 sus nigrd purpureo relucente, et rectricibus Jlavescenti-albo, dua- 

 bus intermediis exceptis, terminates ; alis obscuris, violaceo relu- 

 centibus ; mandibulce inferioris basi, pedibusque jlavis. 



Long. tot. 3j unc. ; rostri, j; alee, 3 j ; caudce, 1§. 



Trochilus tyrianthinus, Loddiges' MSS. T. rostro acuto, caput 

 longitudine cequante ; caudd mediocri, vix fur cat d • rectricibus la- 

 tissimis : capite, corporeque supra, aureo-viridibus ; sic et corpore 

 subtiis, at ochreo variegato ; guld nitente, et intense viridi ; rec- 

 tricibus caudce supra ceneo -viridibus, ex-aureo, et cupreo relucen- 

 tibus, subtus, cupreis, aureo nitenlibus ; alis obscuris ; rostro pe- 

 dibusque nigris. 



Fcem : guld e castaneo flavd ; abdomine albo, ochreo lavato ; singulis 



plumis notd aureo-viridi. 

 Long. tot. 4 unc. ; rostri, ^ ; alee, 2^- ; caudce, If. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



NOTICE OF A SPECIES OF WARBLER NEW TO BRITAIN. 



Amongst the new specimens of British birds which have been 

 lately presented to the British [Museum by Mr. J. Baker, was one 

 that was considered a Reed Wren {Sylvia arundinacea) , but on com- 

 paring it with other specimens it was at once suspected to be a di- 

 stinct bird ; and further, it agreed with none of those at present re- 

 corded as being found in this country. On investigation it proved 

 to be a rare species even in the south of Europe, and one that was 

 first noticed by Savi in the ' Nuovo Giornale de Letterai,' Num. XIV. 

 1824 ; and again in his ' Ornitologia Toscana,' torn. i. p. 270, under 

 the name of " Sylvia luscinioides." It is figured by Savigny in the 

 ' Description de l'Egypte,' pi. 13. f. 3, and by Gould in his ' Birds of 

 Europe.' The specimen was obtained, with a second, by the above- 



